Occupations/25-1193.00
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses pertaining to recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, including exercise physiology and facilities management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Usually a graduate or professional degree.
AI automation risk
37%
More resilient
Human characteristics
54%
Balanced human and task mix
Task orientation
27%
More resilient
A day in this job
- Mostly routine
Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Task
Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Task
Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.
Core tasks
- 01Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- 02Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- 03Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- 04Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- 05Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as anatomy, therapeutic recreation, and conditioning theory.
- 06Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks2.77
- Degree of automation1.86
- Time sitting3.26
- Originality (ability)3.00
- Conflict situations3.11
- Hands-on objects/tools1.62
- Outdoors / weather2.09
- Disease exposure1.71
- Decision freedom4.62
Top abilities
- Oral Expression4.12
- Written Expression4.00
- Written Comprehension4.00
- Speech Clarity4.00
- Oral Comprehension4.00
- Inductive Reasoning3.75
- Deductive Reasoning3.75
- Near Vision3.62
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension4.00
- Active Listening4.00
- Writing4.00
- Speaking4.12
- Mathematics2.12
- Science2.38
- Critical Thinking3.88
- Active Learning3.38
- Learning Strategies4.00
- Monitoring3.75
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 78 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY · Public | Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 13.1314 | $7,400 | 48% | 60% | 1 yr $68,065 2 yr $66,318 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
Howard University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 13.1314 | $33,200 | 53% | 65% | 1 yr $65,557 2 yr $50,439 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
St Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN · Public | Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 13.1314 | $9,600 | 95% | 56% | 1 yr $63,005 2 yr — Master's · CIP 13.13 |
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public | Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 13.1314 | $12,600 | 48% | 84% | 1 yr $60,878 2 yr $59,214 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, MN · Private nonprofit | Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 13.1314 | $54,200 | 74% | 83% | 1 yr $59,788 2 yr $62,012 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
University of St Thomas St. Paul, MN · Private nonprofit | Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 13.1314 | $50,200 | 77% | 82% | 1 yr $58,673 2 yr — Master's · CIP 13.13 |
New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 13.1314 | $60,400 | 12% | 88% | 1 yr $57,318 2 yr $60,399 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public | Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 13.1314 | $17,500 | 45% | 85% | 1 yr $56,234 2 yr $55,151 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO · Public | Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 13.1314 | $13,600 | 81% | 72% | 1 yr $55,964 2 yr — Master's · CIP 13.13 |
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · Public | Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 13.1314 | $14,800 | 11% | 93% | 1 yr — 2 yr $53,810 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN · Public | Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 13.1314 | $9,700 | 71% | 62% | 1 yr $53,045 2 yr $52,107 Master's · CIP 13.13 |
Northeastern University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 13.1314 | $63,200 | 7% | 91% | 1 yr $52,464 2 yr $53,179 Master's · CIP 13.13 |